Johnson, Osa, 1894-1953
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Americans
English,
English,
Biographical notes:
Osa Johnson (March 14, 1894 – January 7, 1953) was an American adventurer and documentary filmmaker with her spouse Martin Johnson. In the first half of the 20th century the couple captured the public's imagination through their films and books of adventure in exotic, faraway lands. Photographers, explorers, marketers, naturalists and authors, Martin and Osa studied the wildlife and peoples of East and Central Africa, the South Pacific Islands and British North Borneo. They explored then-unknown lands and brought back film footage and photographs, offering many Americans their first understanding of these distant lands. Osa Leighty was born on March 14, 1894, and raised in Chanute, Kansas. In 1917, Martin and Osa departed on a nine-month trip through the New Hebrides (now Vanuatu) and the Solomon Islands. The highlight of the trip was a brief, but harrowing, encounter with a tribe called the Big Nambas of northern Malekula. Once there, the chief was not going to let them leave. The intervention of a British gunboat helped them escape. The footage they got there inspired the feature film Among the Cannibal Isles of the South Seas (1918).
Links to collections
Johnson, Martin, 1884-1937. Martin and Osa Johnson papers [microform], 1933-1934.
Kansas State Historical Society
William King Gregory papers, 1889-1948 (bulk 1906-1948)
American Museum of Natural History
Martin Johnson papers, 1923-1942
American Museum of Natural History
Train, Russell E., 1920-. Russell E. Train interviews General Elwood R. Quesada about his safari to East Africa in 1932.
American Museum of Natural History
Lisfranc, Jean. Mon carnet de brousse : sur la piste fauve des grands seigneurs des savanes et des forêts africaines / Jean Lisfranc.
American Museum of Natural History
Photographs, 1910-1952.
New York State Historical Documents Inventory
Getts, Clark H. Papers, 1932-1980.
Univerisity of Wyoming. American Heritage Center.
New York Times Company records. Arthur Hays Sulzberger papers, 1823-1999
New York Public Library. Manuscripts and Archives Division
Field photographs, 1921-1935.
New York State Historical Documents Inventory
[Biographical newspaper articles on Osa Johnson / collected and photocopied by the Kansas State Historical Society].
Kansas State Historical Society
George Brinton Beal papers, circus collection, and other theatrical collections, 1862-1969.
Harvard Theater Collection, Houghton Library, Harvard College Library, Harvard University
Special Films Collection: Expedition films, 1912-1960.
New York State Historical Documents Inventory
Records, 1923-1941, 1923-1934 (bulk)
New York State Historical Documents Inventory
Related names in SNAC
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Johnson, Martin, 1884-1937.
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Beal, George Brinton.
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Getts, Clark H.
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Gregory, William K. (William King), 1876-1970.
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Lisfranc, Jean.
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Train, Russell E., 1920-
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Johnson, Martin, 1884-1937.
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American Museum of Natural History.
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Houghton Mifflin Company.
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Houghton Mifflin Company.
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Houghton Mifflin Company.
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Martin Johnson African Expedition (1921-1935)
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Martin Johnson African Expedition Corporation.
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New York Times Company
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Houghton Mifflin Company.
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Houghton Mifflin Company.
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Occupations:
- Documentary Filmmaker
Places:
- KS, US
- NY, US
Variant Names
Johnson, Martin, Mrs., 1894-1953
Johnson, Osa Helen Leighty, 1894-1953
ジョンソン, オサ, 1894-1953
Johnson, Osa, 1894-1953
Johnson, Osa
Johnson, Osa (Osa Helen), 1894-1953
Osa Johnson
Osa Johnson Getts.
Getts, Osa Johnson.
Johnson, Osa Helen Leighty
Johnson, Martin, Mrs., 1894-1953
Johnson, Osa Helen Leighty, 1894-1953
Mrs Martin Johnson
Johnson, Mrs Martin
Johnson, Osa Helen 1894-1953
Johnson, Osa Helen (Leighty)
ジョンソン, オサ
Johnson, Osa Helen
Johnson, Osa H. 1894-1953